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Theory of the Firm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2008

John Dobson
John Dobson
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California Polytechnic State University
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I carved a massive cake of beeswax into bits and rolled them in my hands until they softened … Going forward I carried wax along the line, and laid it thick on their ears. They tied me up, then, plumb amidships, back to the mast, lashed to the mast, and took themselves again to rowing. Soon, as we came smartly within hailing distance, the two Sirens, noting our fast ship off their point, made ready, and they sang … The lovely voices in ardor appealing over the water made me crave to listen, and I tried to say ‘Untie me!’ to the crew, jerking my brows; but they bent steady to the oars. (Homer, c. –900, pp. 227–28)

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Economics & Philosophy , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , April 1994 , pp. 73 - 89
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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